A petition has been launched calling for a new Bank Holiday in memory of the Queen. While the monarch's funeral has been made a one-off Bank Holiday on Monday (September 19), a new campaign wants to see a lasting tribute.
Tens of thousands of people have so far backed calls for September 8, the day the Queen died, to become that tribute. A Change.org petition from John Harries calls the Queen 'an inspiration woman'.
John added: "Queen Elizabeth II is our longest reigning Monarch, and arguably the Nations, and the world’s most popular monarch. In the words of President Macron, 'to you, she was your Queen, to us, she was THE Queen…The most constant symbol of Great Britain'.
